Mark Vitelli News Today

WASHINGTON — Jason Blackson drove across the nation’s capital on a recent Sunday to solve a puzzle. At work, Blackson, a geneticist, scrutinizes DNA to diagnose cervical cancer. But the puzzle he was searching for at the Palisades Farmer’s Market wouldn’t be as complicated. Though he prefers landscapes with lots of color, the choices at the top of one pile were different: a box of doughnuts, cats from around the world and Baby Yoda. Blackson completes more than 25 jigsaw puz...

Puzzle swap celebrates jigsaw ‘barter culture’ amid pandemic chaos Justin Wm. Moyer © Justin Wm. Moyer/TWP Carlos Izurieta, president of the Mt. Pleasant Library Friends, left, and Abby Horrigan, president of the Friends of the Palisades Library, greet people and manage a jigsaw puzzle swap at the Palisades Farmers Market on Sunday. (Justin Wm. Moyer/TWP) Jason Blackson drove across the nation’s capital on a recent Sunday to solve a puzzle. At work, Blackson, a gen...